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Xhosa vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Belarus, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Belarus, Gambia   

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa   
Poland   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Russian and Ukrainian   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
43   
32
39   
28

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
dobry dzień   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
Dziakuj   

How Are You?
Unjani   
Jak vy ?   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
Dabranač   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
Dobry viečar   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
dobry dzień   

Good Morning
Molo   
Dobraj ranicy   

Please
Ndicela   
Kali laska   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
Vybačajcie   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
da pabačennia   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
JA liubliu ciabie   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Vybačajcie   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
North-Eastern Belarusian   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
North-East Belarus   

Dialect 2
Thembu   
South-Western Belarusian   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
South-West Belarus   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Middle Belarusian   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Middle Belarus   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million   
99+
9.63 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
5.89 million   
26

Native Name
isiXhosa   
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   

French Name
xhosa   
biélorusse   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Weißrussisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Belarusians   

History

Origin
16th Century   
18th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Slavic   

Branch
Bantu   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Belarusian   

Language Position
Not Available   
79   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
be   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
bel   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
bel   

ISO 639 3
xho   
bel   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
bela1254   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Xhosa and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Belarusian language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Xhosa and Belarusian Language History.

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Xhosa and Belarusian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Xhosa and Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Belarusian language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Xhosa vs Belarusian Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Belarusian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Xhosa and Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.

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